1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1970. Republicans won one open seat when John V. Tunney retired to run for Senate.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	3,124,147	49.44%	21	20	-1
	Republican	3,093,405	48.95%	17	18	+1
	American Independent	60,620	0.96%	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	38,436	0.61%	0	0	0
	Scattering	2,786	0.04%	0	0	0
Totals		6,319,394	100.00%	38	38	—

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don H. Clausen (incumbent)	108,358	63.35
	Democratic	William Kortum	62,688	36.65
Total votes			171,046	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	151,070	77.88
	Republican	Lloyd E. Gilbert	37,223	19.19
	American Independent	Jack R. Carrigg	5,681	2.93
Total votes			193,974	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	117,496	61.56
	Republican	Elmore J. Duffy	69,811	36.58
	American Independent	Allen E. Priest	3,554	1.86
Total votes			190,861	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)	103,485	67.96
	Republican	Andrew Gyorke	48,783	32.04
Total votes			152,268	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	76,567	70.81
	Republican	John E. Parks	31,570	29.19
Total votes			108,137	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (incumbent)	96,393	53.36
	Democratic	Russell R. Miller	84,255	46.64
Total votes			180,648	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Dellums	89,784	57.32
	Republican	John E. Healy	64,691	41.30
	Peace and Freedom	Sarah Scahill	2,156	1.38
Total votes			156,631	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Miller (incumbent)	104,311	69.00
	Republican	Michael A. Crane	46,872	31.00
Total votes			151,183	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	120,041	69.15
	Republican	Mark Guerra	49,556	28.55
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	4,009	2.31
Total votes			173,606	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles S. Gubser (incumbent)	135,864	62.03
	Democratic	Stuart. D. McLean	80,530	36.76
	American Independent	Joyce W. Stancliffe	2,651	1.21
Total votes			219,045	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete McCloskey (incumbent)	144,500	77.49
	Democratic	Robert E. Gomperts	39,188	21.02
	No party	Scattering	2,786	1.49
Total votes			186,474	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	95,549	63.63
	Democratic	O'Brien Riordan	50,942	33.92
	Peace and Freedom	Herbert H. Foster, Jr.	3,682	2.45
Total votes			150,173	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (incumbent)	125,507	58.15
	Democratic	Gary K. Hart	87,980	40.76
	American Independent	Maude I. Jordet	2,339	1.08
Total votes			215,826	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerome Waldie (incumbent)	148,655	74.55
	Republican	Byron D. Athan	50,750	25.45
Total votes			199,405	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	98,442	63.11
	Republican	Sam Van Dyken	55,546	35.61
	American Independent	Francis E. "Gill" Gillings	1,994	1.28
Total votes			155,982	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	95,118	66.42
	Republican	Phillip V. Sanchez	43,843	30.62
	American Independent	James W. Scott	4,237	2.96
Total votes			143,198	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)	83,739	62.24
	Republican	Vernon E. Brown	47,778	35.51
	American Independent	Robert W. Copeland	1,724	1.28
	Peace and Freedom	Thomas E. Mathews	1,292	0.96
Total votes			134,533	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Mathias (incumbent)	86,071	63.20
	Democratic	Milton Spartacus Miller	48,415	35.55
	American Independent	Nora E. Hensley	1,709	1.25
Total votes			136,195	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chet Holifield (incumbent)	98,578	70.39
	Republican	Bill Jones	41,462	29.61
Total votes			140,040	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. Allen Smith (incumbent)	116,437	69.07
	Democratic	Michael M. Stolzberg	50,033	29.68
	American Independent	Earl C. Harper	2,100	1.25
Total votes			168,570	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	75,127	94.53
	Republican	Southy M. Johnson	4,349	5.47
Total votes			79,476	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	95,256	59.37
	Republican	Tom Hayden	63,297	39.45
	American Independent	Callis R. Johnson	1,880	1.17
Total votes			160,433	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	77,346	63.34
	Democratic	G. L. "Jerry" Chapman	44,767	36.66
Total votes			122,113	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (incumbent)	124,071	65.05
	Democratic	Myrlie B. Evers	61,777	32.39
	American Independent	Brian Scanlon	3,018	1.58
	Peace and Freedom	Harold Kaplan	1,858	0.97
Total votes			190,724	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent)	116,169	63.29
	Democratic	Leslie W. "Les" Craven	64,386	35.08
	American Independent	Kevin Scanlon	2,994	1.63
Total votes			183,549	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)	130,499	71.28
	Republican	Nathaniel Jay Friedman	47,260	25.81
	Peace and Freedom	Lewis B. McCammon	3,677	2.01
	American Independent	Howard E. Hallinan	1,639	0.90
Total votes			183,075	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr.	139,326	66.69
	Democratic	N. "Toni" Kimmel	63,652	30.47
	Peace and Freedom	Edward Richer	3,306	1.58
	American Independent	John H. Hind	2,642	1.26
Total votes			208,926	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)	154,691	69.27
	Democratic	Don McLaughlin	57,882	25.92
	American Independent	Derek A. Gordon	5,759	2.58
	Peace and Freedom	Jane E. Gordon	4,971	2.23
Total votes			223,303	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George E. Danielson	71,308	62.59
	Republican	Tom McMann	42,620	37.41
Total votes			113,928	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	63,903	68.26
	Republican	Samuel F. Cavnar	28,038	29.95
	American Independent	Boris Belousov	1,681	1.80
Total votes			93,622	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	102,071	73.18
	Republican	Fred L. Casmir	37,416	26.82
Total votes			139,487	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Hosmer (incumbent)	119,340	71.53
	Democratic	Walter L. Mallonee	44,278	26.54
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	3,227	1.93
Total votes			166,845	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Pettis (incumbent)	116,093	72.17
	Democratic	Chester M. Wright	44,764	27.83
Total votes			160,857	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)	101,664	54.46
	Republican	Bill J. Teague	82,167	44.02
	American Independent	Lee R. Rayburn	2,843	1.52
Total votes			186,674	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John G. Schmitz (incumbent)	192,765	67.04
	Democratic	Thomas B. Lenhart	87,019	30.26
	Peace and Freedom	Francis R. Halpern	7,742	2.69
Total votes			287,526	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wilson (incumbent)	132,446	71.53
	Democratic	Daniel K. Hostetter	44,841	24.22
	Peace and Freedom	Walter H. Koppelman	5,139	2.78
	American Independent	Orville J. Davis	2,723	1.47
Total votes			185,149	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)	93,952	72.12
	Republican	James B. Kuhn	31,968	24.54
	American Independent	Faye B. Brice	2,962	2.27
	Peace and Freedom	Fritjof Thygeson	1,386	1.06
Total votes			130,268	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Victor Veysey	87,479	49.80
	Democratic	David A. Tunno	85,684	48.78
	American Independent	William E. Pasley	2,481	1.41
Total votes			175,644	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 92nd United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1970 United States House of Representatives elections

References

• California Elections Page
• Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

External links

• California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions